NURS 347 EXAM 3 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
cranial nerve 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - olfactory - sensory (smell)
cranial nerve 1 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - smell - coffee, cloves, peppermint,
alcohol swab
cranial nerve 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - optic - sensory (vision)
cranial nerve 2 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - visual acuity - Snellen chart, test for
visual fields, examine with opthalmoscope
cranial nerve 3 - CORRECT ANSWER - oculomotor - sensory and motor - primarily
motor (eyelid and eyeball movement)
cranial nerve 3 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - move eye up, down, and
peripherally, test for accommodation, pupillary constriction, observe for ptosis of upper eyelid
cranial nerve 4 - CORRECT ANSWER - trochlear - sensory and motor - primarily motor
(innervates superior oblique eye muscle, turns eye downward and laterally)
cranial nerve 4 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - inferior lateral movement of the eye
cranial nerve 5 - CORRECT ANSWER - trigeminal - sensory and motor (chewing, face
and mouth, touch and pain)
cranial nerve 5 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - corneal reflex, sensation of skin of
the face (eyebrows, cheeks and chin) by using a wisp of cotton, chewing, biting, lateral jaw
movements (side to side)
,cranial nerve 6 - CORRECT ANSWER - abducens - sensory and motor - primarily motor
(turns eye laterally, proprioception - sensory awareness of part of the body)
cranial nerve 6 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - inferior lateral eye movements
cranial nerve 7 - CORRECT ANSWER - facial - sensory and motor (controls most facial
expressions, secretion of ears and saliva)
cranial nerve 7 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue - sweet,
salty, sour, bitter), movement of the forehead and mouth, raise eyebrows, show teeth, smile, puff
out cheeks
cranial nerve 8 - CORRECT ANSWER - vestibulocochlear/auditory - sensory (hearing,
equilibrium sensation)
cranial nerve 8 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - hearing, balance, Weber and Rinne
tests, otoscope
cranial nerve 9 - CORRECT ANSWER - glossopharyngeal - sensory and motor (taste,
senses carotid blood pressure, muscle sense - proprioception, sensory awareness of the body)
cranial nerve 9 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - swallowing and phonation, taste -
posterior 1/3 of tongue
cranial nerve 10 - CORRECT ANSWER - vagus - sensory and motor (senses aortic blood
pressure, slows heart rate, stimulates digestive organs, taste)
cranial nerve 10 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - sensations of posterior 1/3 of
tongue, and the throat, gag reflex, swallowing and phonation
, cranial nerve 11 - CORRECT ANSWER - spinal accessory - sensory and motor -
primarily motor (controls trapezius and sternocleidomastoid, controls swallowing movements,
muscle sense - proprioception)
cranial nerve 11 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - shoulder movement, shoulder
shrug, head rotation - push against examiner's hand
cranial nerve 12 - CORRECT ANSWER - hypoglossal - sensory and motor - primarily
motor (controls tongue movements, muscle sense - proprioception)
cranial nerve 12 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - tongue movement - protrude
tongue, push tongue into cheek
borborygmus - CORRECT ANSWER - the rumbling noise caused by the movement of
gas in the intestine
percussion of the lungs - CORRECT ANSWER - resonance
percussion of the intestines - CORRECT ANSWER - tympany
percussion of the liver - CORRECT ANSWER - dull
rebound tenderness (Blumberg's sign) is an indication of - CORRECT ANSWER -
appendicitis
what causes hemorrhoids and who is most likely to have them? - CORRECT ANSWER -
increased pressure due to pregnancy, being overweight, or straining during bowel movements
right upper quadrant (RUQ) organs - CORRECT ANSWER - liver, right kidney, gall
bladder, colon, pancreas
Questions and CORRECT Answers
cranial nerve 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - olfactory - sensory (smell)
cranial nerve 1 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - smell - coffee, cloves, peppermint,
alcohol swab
cranial nerve 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - optic - sensory (vision)
cranial nerve 2 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - visual acuity - Snellen chart, test for
visual fields, examine with opthalmoscope
cranial nerve 3 - CORRECT ANSWER - oculomotor - sensory and motor - primarily
motor (eyelid and eyeball movement)
cranial nerve 3 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - move eye up, down, and
peripherally, test for accommodation, pupillary constriction, observe for ptosis of upper eyelid
cranial nerve 4 - CORRECT ANSWER - trochlear - sensory and motor - primarily motor
(innervates superior oblique eye muscle, turns eye downward and laterally)
cranial nerve 4 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - inferior lateral movement of the eye
cranial nerve 5 - CORRECT ANSWER - trigeminal - sensory and motor (chewing, face
and mouth, touch and pain)
cranial nerve 5 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - corneal reflex, sensation of skin of
the face (eyebrows, cheeks and chin) by using a wisp of cotton, chewing, biting, lateral jaw
movements (side to side)
,cranial nerve 6 - CORRECT ANSWER - abducens - sensory and motor - primarily motor
(turns eye laterally, proprioception - sensory awareness of part of the body)
cranial nerve 6 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - inferior lateral eye movements
cranial nerve 7 - CORRECT ANSWER - facial - sensory and motor (controls most facial
expressions, secretion of ears and saliva)
cranial nerve 7 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue - sweet,
salty, sour, bitter), movement of the forehead and mouth, raise eyebrows, show teeth, smile, puff
out cheeks
cranial nerve 8 - CORRECT ANSWER - vestibulocochlear/auditory - sensory (hearing,
equilibrium sensation)
cranial nerve 8 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - hearing, balance, Weber and Rinne
tests, otoscope
cranial nerve 9 - CORRECT ANSWER - glossopharyngeal - sensory and motor (taste,
senses carotid blood pressure, muscle sense - proprioception, sensory awareness of the body)
cranial nerve 9 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - swallowing and phonation, taste -
posterior 1/3 of tongue
cranial nerve 10 - CORRECT ANSWER - vagus - sensory and motor (senses aortic blood
pressure, slows heart rate, stimulates digestive organs, taste)
cranial nerve 10 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - sensations of posterior 1/3 of
tongue, and the throat, gag reflex, swallowing and phonation
, cranial nerve 11 - CORRECT ANSWER - spinal accessory - sensory and motor -
primarily motor (controls trapezius and sternocleidomastoid, controls swallowing movements,
muscle sense - proprioception)
cranial nerve 11 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - shoulder movement, shoulder
shrug, head rotation - push against examiner's hand
cranial nerve 12 - CORRECT ANSWER - hypoglossal - sensory and motor - primarily
motor (controls tongue movements, muscle sense - proprioception)
cranial nerve 12 assessment - CORRECT ANSWER - tongue movement - protrude
tongue, push tongue into cheek
borborygmus - CORRECT ANSWER - the rumbling noise caused by the movement of
gas in the intestine
percussion of the lungs - CORRECT ANSWER - resonance
percussion of the intestines - CORRECT ANSWER - tympany
percussion of the liver - CORRECT ANSWER - dull
rebound tenderness (Blumberg's sign) is an indication of - CORRECT ANSWER -
appendicitis
what causes hemorrhoids and who is most likely to have them? - CORRECT ANSWER -
increased pressure due to pregnancy, being overweight, or straining during bowel movements
right upper quadrant (RUQ) organs - CORRECT ANSWER - liver, right kidney, gall
bladder, colon, pancreas
